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Mahātriphalādya ghṛta

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Mahā Triphalādya ghṛta is a medicated semisolid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below, with Ghṛta as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Triphalā Rasa (Triphalā API) Terminalia belerica P. 768 ml
Kvātha Terminalia chebula P.
NIl Emblica officinalis P.
Bhṛṅga Rasa (Bhṛṅgarāja API) Eclipta alba Pl. 768 ml
Vṛṣa Rasa (Vāsā API) Adhatoda vasica Lf. 768 ml
Śatāvarī Rasa (Śatāvarī API) Asparagus racemosus Rt. Tr. 768 ml
Ajā kṣīra API Goat Milk 768 ml
Guḍūcī Rasa (Guḍūcī API) Tinospora cordifolia St. 768 ml
Āmalakī Rasa (Āmalakī API) Emblica officinalis P. 768 ml
Kaṇā (Pippalī API) Piper longum Fr. 8.72 g
Sitā API Sugar candy 8.72 g
Drākṣā API Vitis vinifera Dr. Fr. 8.72 g
Harītakī API Terminalia chebula P. 8.72 g
Bibhītaka API Terminalia belerica P. 8.72 g
Āmalakī API Emblica officinalis P. 8.72 g
Nīlotpala (Utpala API) Nymphaea stellata Fl . 8.72 g
Madhuka (Yaṣṭī API) Glycyrrhiza glabra Rt. 8.72 g
Kṣīra kākolī API Fritillaria roylei Rt. 8.72 g
Mudhuparṇī (Guḍūcī API) Tinospora cordifolia St. 8.72 g
Nidigdhikā (Kaṇṭakārī API) Solanum xanthocarpum Pl. 8.72 g
Ghṛta (Goghṛta API) Clarified butter from Cow milk 768 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Take fresh Bhṛṅgarāja, Śatāvarī, Guḍūcī and Āmalakī and wash thoroughly with water. Grind and filter with muslin cloth to obtain Svarasa.
  • Take fresh Vāṣā leaves and obtain juice by Puṭapāka method
  • Soak the coarse Tripha powder in potable water in the specified ratio for overnight, boil it till the volume is reduced to one fourth of its original volume, cool the *Kvātha and filtered through muslin cloth.
  • Treat Ghṛta to prepare Murcchita Ghrta.[1]

Description

  • A low melting Gh¤ta, greenish cream in colour, unctuous to touch, no specific odour and taste bitter.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Naktāndhya (Night blindness), Timira (Cataract), Kāca (Cataract), Nīlikā (Mole), Paṭala Arbuda (Growth in the layers of eyes), Netrābhiṣyanda (Conjunctivitis), Adhimantha (Glaucoma), Pakṣmakopa (Trichiasis/entropion), Netraroga (Disease of eyes), Adṛṣṭi (Blindness); Mandadṛṣṭi (Diminished vision); Netrasrāva (Chronic dacrocystitis/epiphora); Netrakaṇḍū (Itching in eyes); Dūradṛṣṭi (Hypermetropia), Samīpadṛṣṭi (Myopia).

Dose

  • 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

  • Warm milk, warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 40 1.4531 to 1.4534
Acid value Not more than 2.9
Saponification value 0.2100 to 0.2147
Peroxide value Not more than 15.8

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 144.